Venus and Adonis (?), nude in a landscape with a dog at left and Cupid at upper right
Andrea Scacciati · 1750–70
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"Venus and Adonis (?), nude in a landscape with a dog at left and Cupid at upper right" is an etching and aquatint in green by Andrea Scacciati, created between 1750–70. The sheet measures 28.3 × 41.1 cm (11 1/8 × 16 3/16 in.) and was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1951 through The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund. It is classified under "Prints" in the "Drawings and Prints" department.
Andrea Scacciati is identified as an Italian painter, born in 1642 and deceased in 1710. No nationality information is provided beyond his designation as an Italian painter.
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